Question

Two students spent the same amount of money on their lunches and got the same number of toppings. One bought a steak burger and paid $3.80 plus $0.40 for each topping. The other bought a hamburger and paid $3 plus $3 for each topping. How many toppings did each student get?

A) 3 toppings
B) 4 toppings
C) 5 toppings
D) 2 toppings

Answer 1

Each student got 1 topping.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many toppings each student got, we can set up two equations:

Let x be the number of toppings.

For the first student, the cost of the steak burger and toppings is $3.80 + $0.40x.

For the second student, the cost of the hamburger and toppings is $3 + $3x.

Since both students spent the same amount of money on their lunches, we can set these two expressions equal to each other:

$3.80 + $0.40x = $3 + $3x

Simplifying, we get $0.80x = $0.80

Dividing both sides by $0.80, we get x = 1

Therefore, each student got 1 topping.